Welcome to Valleton ...
Valleton is located in Monterey County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Valleton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
Valleton is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Valleton lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Valleton: 805 & 820<3>
Websites for Valleton ...
Junior League: www.jlmontereycounty.org/
Communities near Valleton ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Valleton.
- El Paso de Robles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Paso de Robles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso de Robles
- El Paso de Robles is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,521 people
- Bradley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- San Miguel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Estrella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
- Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Wellsona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsona
- Wellsona is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Bee Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Rock
- Bee Rock is located in San Luis Obispo County
- San Ardo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Nacimiento
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parkfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pleyto ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleyto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleyto
- Pleyto is located in Monterey County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Valleton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Valleton.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Valleton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valleton.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Valleton. See our Newspapers Page for Valleton.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Valleton ...
Looking for more information about Valleton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Valleton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Valleton.
Adding Valleton to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Valleton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Valleton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Valleton post office opened in 1887.
We also found Valleton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Valleton.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Monterey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Valleton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Valleton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Valleton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |